Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE has been awarded been made a KBE in the New
Years Honours list for services to motor racing. During his career he
competed in 494 motor races, rallies and sprints, winning 222 of them.
--
Stephen M Baines ...

Jacques Villeneuve and Danni Minogue were set to get married in Sydney
at the start of the new millennium according to press reports. They met
earlier this year at the Spanish Grand Prix, making it a memorable event
for Jacques and Danni at...

Williams have announced that they will launch their 2000 challenger on
January 10th, according to the BBC. The team have said that Ralf
Schumacher will be their number 1 driver next season, and has dismissed
reports that Alex Zanardi has lost his...

Joan Villadelprat leaves Benetton
Benetton has just announced that Joan Villadelprat will be leaving his
post of Operations Director and Team Manager at the end of the year.
Joan said "I have really enjoyed my 10 years at Benetton but feel ...

UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX AT INDIANAPOLIS NOTEBOOK
Michelin to supply F1 tires in 2001; Toyota accelerating return
INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1999 -- Michelin will compete in Formula
One beginning with the 2001 season, as it will supply...

Schumacher plays Santa
In Italy, Michael Schumacher has been at the Ferrari factory at Maranello
dressed as Father Christmas to give out presents to the children of the
workers. AFP says that "Schumacher was joined for the event by a couple ...

The Malaysian Motorsports Organisers and Competitors Association (MMOCA)
has secured an agreement with a consortium of Japanese organisations to
jointly fund the Alex Yoong Racing For Malaysia project to place a
Malaysian in Formula One within...

Greenville, S.C. (December 16, 1999) - Worldwide tire-maker Michelin
announced today that it is entering Formula One competition with the
BMW/Williams and Toyota teams. The announcement complements the company's
outstanding record in racing ...

Villeneuve happy with Honda power
Jacques Villeneuve has given the new Honda V10 its first on track test.
1995 Indianapolis 500 winner Villeneuve drove the 2000 version of the
Lucky Strike British American Racing chassis for 34 trouble-free ...

Drivers line up for Williams chance
With the rumours not going away about Zanardi's days at Williams being
numbered, a number of drivers have emerged as contenders for the drive,
including JJ Lehto, JÃ¶rg MÃ¼ller and Darren Manning. The latter...

Yet another setback has appeared against Brands Hatch hosting the British
Grand Prix - and from an unexpected source. In the BMRMC Newsletter there
is an article to do with the opinion of the Radiotelecommunications
Agency.
For the 1999 British...

Brands hits further environmental problems
English Nature, the Government's conservation advisors, has stepped in to
the Brands Hatch planning permission war lodging it's own objections to
planning permission being granted for development work...

British American Racing and Honda have had their first test at Silverstone
together. The car did 34 troublefree laps of the circuit. Jacques
Villeneuve said "It controlled vibrations well and it was easier to drive
than I expected".
Takefumi ...

Munich/Jerez December 6, 1999 After months of testing on the BMW owned
test circuit in Miramas, France, as well as on the current Grand Prix
circuits of Austria and Hungary, BMW has now joined forces with WilliamsF1
and tested in Jerez, Spain....

Brands Hatch sale completed
Rosenblatt, solicitors to Brands Hatch, have confirmed that BHL has been
sold to Interpublic for Â£120m, through Interpublic's Octagon division.
Nicola Foulston will join the board of Octagon.
Frank Lowe,...

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 6, 1999--The sounds of silence ended Dec. 1 with the
shriek of Formula One V10 engines revving to 16,000 rpm in Spain and
Italy. F1 rules ban testing for 30 days after the final race of the
season. On the 31st day -- Dec. 1 --...

Schumacher stops Ferrari testing till new car
Rubens Barrichello and Luca Badoer will do all the testing of the current
Ferrari F1 car until the new car is launched in January. Schumacher said
"I will resume testing only when the new car is ...

Villeneuve denies switch to Williams
Jacques Villeneuve has issued a statement refuting suggestions that he is
to quit British American Racing for WilliamsF1.
"I know there has been a lot of speculation in the press over recent
weeks, but I...

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2, 1999--Jacques Villeneuve is used to winning. For
Villeneuve, therefore, not competing at the front of the pack during the
1999 Formula One World Championship season was something that he hadn't
experienced since his earliest...

McLaren's widow in battle over Swiss accounts
Bruce McLaren's widow, Patricia Brickett, has set about her husbands
former manager Phil Kerr, and is claiming NZ$500,000 off him. She is to
appear in court tomorrow, claiming that Kerr took 429,602...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30, 1999 -- It's been a month since Mika Hakkinen and
West McLaren-Mercedes clinched the Formula One World Drivers Championship.
During that time the F1 engines have been silent because the rules
prohibit testing for 30 days ...

Jordan and Indianapolis in marketing agreement
Jordan Grand Prix and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) have reached an
agreement over marketing the Jordan team in the US. IMS Properties will be
responsible for marketing the Jordan brand in the...

Jaguar signs Burti
The Jaguar (nee Stewart) team has signed Luciano Burti as their test
driver for 2000.
Burti: "It has always been my ambition to enter Formula One and this is a
significant step along that path. This role is the perfect ...

It is being reported by Agence France Presse that Michael Schumacher has
split with his spokesman Heiner Buchinger. Willi Weber said "The
arrangement with Heiner Buchinger will finish at the end of the year".
The exact reason for the split...

Details on Apax/Prodrive deal
Prodrive and its boss Dave Richards are set to enter F1, with the aid of
venture capitalists Apax. Richards is believed to have sold a 49% stake in
the company. Richards would, however, have to buy an existing ...

Ecclestone mistrusts city
Bernie Ecclestone has been speaking to The Sunday Telegraph about his
distrust of the city "The strange thing is that they seem to want to see
how a business works, to find out what a company is really like and...

BARkstabbing at BAR
Stories continue to circulate about an internal power struggle at British
American Racing. According to the stories, Adrian Reynard is trying to
oust Craig Pollock from the team. Adrian resents being ousted himself from
his...

Ecclestone enters Coulthard-Schumacher row
Bernie Ecclestone has weighed in on the side of Michael Schumacher, in his
war of words with David Coulthard, according to quotes in The Daily Mail.
"Michael quite rightly had a go."
"In my opinion...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1, 1999 - The date of the inaugural United
States Grand Prix at Indianapolis is officially set for Sept. 24, 2000,
according to the 2000 Formula One schedule released recently by the FIA,
the world governing body of ...

SUZUKA, Japan, Oct. 31, 1999 -- Mika Hakkinen knew he could clinch the FIA
Formula One World Drivers Championship if he won the Japanese Grand Prix,
and he did just that with dominating win in his West McLaren-Mercedes in
Sunday's Formula One ...

Finland's Mika Hakkinen, the World Champion driver of 1998, retained his
title here today by taking an all-the-way victory in the final and
deciding round of the FIA series. The 31 year old McLaren-Mercedes driver
surged away from the start to...

Suzuka, Sunday 31st October, 1999 - Johnny Herbert and Rubens Barrichello
finished seventh and eighth in the final race of the 1999 season at Suzuka
- securing the Stewart-Ford team's fourth place in the Constructors'
Championship.
JOHNNY...

Before the start talk had been of Schumacher taking the lead, and keeping
Hakkinen behind to aid Irvine and Ferrari. He never got the chance, as
Hakkinen made a storming start and took the lead from Schumacher. His
start wasn't quite as storming...

Max Mosley has angrily denied claim that he is just Bernie Ecclestone's
puppet.
"Mr Ecclestone is very much respected, but he does not run Formula One or
the FIA. ... He has no say in the appointment of judges of the FIA Court
of Appeal and,...